Fiji develops a taste for Northern Irish bakery biscuits
Fijian families are now enjoying traditional Irish shortbread and
oat biscuits from Graham's Bakery in Dromore, county Down.
The breakthrough business on the Pacific island follows Graham's
first export deal in the US with a specialist food distributor in
Chicago. The bakery, which has extensive business in Great Britain
and the Republic of Ireland for its cakes, buns and biscuits, also
supplies Spinney's, one of the biggest supermarket chains in the
United Arab Emirates.
Tim Graham, sales director of the family-owned and managed bakery,
says: "We've been focusing on developing our sales outside Northern Ireland for several years and had been exploring opportunities in a number of markets including the US and Canada.
"We've linked up with Providence Food in Chicago, a company which
has an extensive network of contacts. The company was impressed by
the quality of our shortbread and oat cookies and also by the
contemporary Irish look of our packaging.
"An initial contract followed quickly with repeat business which we shipped during the week. The cookies are now on sale in a number of retail outlets including Marianos in Chicago, which has a network ofsupermarkets in Illinois state specialising in original products
from many parts of the world.
"We've also been informed that the biscuits and cookies have been
listed by a leading food retailer on Fiji," he adds. "It's a
tremendous boost for the bakery to be doing good business in the US and even as far away as Fiji."
Graham's Bakery is a third generation family business that started
producing a range of freshly baked breads, cakes and buns in 1956 inpremises at the heart of rural Dromore.
The company now employs 40 people and operates from a modern bakery on the outskirts of the town. It has a portfolio of 20 different
products all baked on site without artificial preservatives.
The bakery launched its traditional Irish shortbread and oat cookiesearlier in the year.
oat biscuits from Graham's Bakery in Dromore, county Down.
The breakthrough business on the Pacific island follows Graham's
first export deal in the US with a specialist food distributor in
Chicago. The bakery, which has extensive business in Great Britain
and the Republic of Ireland for its cakes, buns and biscuits, also
supplies Spinney's, one of the biggest supermarket chains in the
United Arab Emirates.
Tim Graham, sales director of the family-owned and managed bakery,
says: "We've been focusing on developing our sales outside Northern Ireland for several years and had been exploring opportunities in a number of markets including the US and Canada.
"We've linked up with Providence Food in Chicago, a company which
has an extensive network of contacts. The company was impressed by
the quality of our shortbread and oat cookies and also by the
contemporary Irish look of our packaging.
"An initial contract followed quickly with repeat business which we shipped during the week. The cookies are now on sale in a number of retail outlets including Marianos in Chicago, which has a network ofsupermarkets in Illinois state specialising in original products
from many parts of the world.
"We've also been informed that the biscuits and cookies have been
listed by a leading food retailer on Fiji," he adds. "It's a
tremendous boost for the bakery to be doing good business in the US and even as far away as Fiji."
Graham's Bakery is a third generation family business that started
producing a range of freshly baked breads, cakes and buns in 1956 inpremises at the heart of rural Dromore.
The company now employs 40 people and operates from a modern bakery on the outskirts of the town. It has a portfolio of 20 different
products all baked on site without artificial preservatives.
The bakery launched its traditional Irish shortbread and oat cookiesearlier in the year.